"Ships and the sea have been a favourite subject for everyone to try to draw for centuries, their differing shapes and rigging and the water upon which they sail providing an unending source of interest and inspiration.

"Peter Anson has made an exhaustive study of the subject, and here he shows how to draw all kinds of craft, from rowing boats and sailing ships to passenger-carrying liners and warships.

"Not only will the reader learn to draw ships, but he will learn a great deal about the ships themselves, so that this book has a two-fold appeal for young and old."